Three minors were arrested in Ingushetia for planning a terrorist attack. They were plotting an armed attack on a church in Sunzha. The investigation revealed facts of recruitment into a terrorist organization, purchase and storage of weapons and ammunition, TASS reports with reference to a message from the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region.

“In August 2024, three minor residents of the Republic of Ingushetia, who had joined a foreign terrorist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, planned to commit a terrorist act — an armed attack on a church in the city of Sunzha. The criminal act of the accused persons was prevented by employees of the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Ingushetia; a preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen for the defendants at the request of the investigative authorities,” the message says.

 "During the preliminary investigation of the criminal case, information was obtained that an unidentified person, a member of a foreign terrorist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, involved minors in an organized group focused on committing sabotage and terrorist attacks in the territory of Ingushetia. During the preparation for the terrorist attacks, the members of the group illegally acquired and stored automatic firearms, ammunition, as well as explosive devices in a hiding place on the outskirts of the Sunzhensky district of the republic," the press service added. 

The department indicated that at the moment the criminal cases have been combined into one proceeding, the investigation of the case was ongoing.